Fresh-air conveyer.



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PATENTED-'NOV.5,1907-. K. Amman, FRESH AIR GONVEYER. APPLICATION rim-m MAY 17. 1907.

WITNESSES 1 Komm ANTHONY Afforlzeys To all iuhom'it may'concemr' The invention has for its object to provide' positive KOHATH ANTHONY, or WILMERDING, PENNSYLVANIA, sssre'Non o TREVASKIS, OF TURTLE.

GREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

FRESH-AIR CONVEYERQ no; 870,407. Specification of m Pntent; Patented N 5,1907- Application filed my -l7| 19 0.7- "skin Nit-374350;.

Be-it known that I, Kons'rrrAxTHoNY,'a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wilnierding, I in thmdunty of Allegheny, and State'of Pennsylvania,- have inventedcertain new and useful'Im'provemente in' Fresh-Air Conveyers, of which the iollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac- 5 This invention relates to fresh air conveyers particularly. for invalids..

nnd'reliable means for conveying-fresh from the exterior of a building to an invalid within the-bmld i'ng,

"wliereby theinvalid or patient will not inhale the of the compartment in which they are located."

- short or long distance, depending uponthe location or the invalid with respect to a window. .The 'conveyer is" constructed whereby it can be easily and quickly placed in the frame of a'window to jcom ey fresh air toim invalid, without exposing otheroccupants of; the

, compartmentor the-invalids body to fresh i sponding throughout the seireral viewsfin which The detail construction entering intom'y invention will be hereinafter more fully described and then-'spe cifically pointed'out in the appended claims.

Refen'ing to the drawing forming part of this specifi cation, like numerals of reference designate corre- Figure .-1 is a perspective yiew of the convey'erj;

' Fig. 2 is a detail sectional, view or themaslqportionf of;

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' whether expanded or contracted.

detachably'connected band 4, which supports the .inner" ends of'fiexible conduits ortubes 5 and 6. In

the conduits or tubes 5 and 6 are arranged coiled springs- 7 for preventing the conduits o'r tubes from collapsing-,.

thus insuring a. passage through. the

conduits or tubes The outer ends of the conduits or tubes 5 and 6 are. connected to folding boards 8 and 9 respectively boards being provided" with openings" 10,

11 whereby solidmatter cannot enterthe-con F ONE-HALF To A. L.

covered 'with so:

duits or 'tubes 5 and 6.. TheboardSis-placed in 1a" 'window. frame 12 between the top of said frame and'. the up emil of the top-sash 14; while-the board 9 is" placed between the sill oi tlie frame 12. and the bottom; f

. e I When the invalidor patient is located a consider able distandefrom the window of acompartment, Iq sus'pend the or band 4 upon the end -'of acable .16" fromfihe' ceiling of a compartment or the bed. frame, whereby the mask can be retained upon the inv'alids' face, thus permitting of an' invalids head moving rail of "the lower $811.15.;

without necessarily' 'disarranging the mask 1'. Fresh air will be conveyed to the'invalid through-'thecenduito'r tube 6, and theair exhaled-by the invalid will pass u'pward iand duit or tube 7 4 v Itis thought-that the yairious' useslto. which my'im- Y proved fresh'airconveyercan .beputlwill be apparent .to hospital attendants and persons skilledin attending "in uds,

out of the 'win'driwthrough the conwhichthe'hood and' conduit's are made,or to the inanner of-supporting the mask end oithe conveyer,

claim and desire to secureby LettersPatent,

1. fresliflain comieyer .consis tingpf a mask,- :1 hood I 7.0 4 I do not care to confine myself ton-the? material .from

connectihgtherewith; detachable bandsconnecting with "said hood,' fiexlble ,conduits connecting with one of said U bands.{coiled,x'springs arranged in said conduits, a folding Illustrating the manner 1n wh ch the sametis bo'ard connecting with each-conduit and havinga screened hepenth the lower sash a-ndiabove the top sa'sh'of said frame, said-hoards hating-openings formedtherein, flexible i 9ndu'lts communicating with=the openings of said cniiried bysaid'hood. r

3. Thejcomblh a tion with a window Irame; of boards -ad'apted,to fitat the-bottom and top ofsaid-frame, said boards haylngopenings formed therein, liexible' conduits said conduits ands mask-carried by said hood. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature i'nv the presence oftwo witnes'sesl I v "K'OHA TH ANTHONY; Witnesses:

' Mix H. S'rzoLovn'z,

A. J. Tame.

3 opening formed therein for admitting air to said conduit,

1 '2.-Tliefi combinntion withv a: windowframe, and thesashes therednioldlng'boards adapted'to fit in saidframes "boards; a'hood conne'ctinig- .with said conduit, and a mask- -c0 ctln"g 'with said boardsa lroad communicating with 

